Blood From a Stone

Dolores Gordon-Smith

A Jack Haldean mystery

When Mrs Paxton, fingers point towards her artist nephew Terence Napier, seen leaving the house earlier that previous evening after a row over her will. Months later and Napier has never been found, but curiously a dead body is discovered in a train compartment, and scattered at the dead man's feet are the famous Leigh sapphires - a necklace owned by Mrs Paxton. Scotland Yard once again call upon the services of author Jack Haldean to help solve this most complicated of cases.

Forgotten Murder

When a friend of Jack Haldean witnesses a disturbing vision, he decides to investigate. Jack's enquiries reveal repressed emotions, buried secrets and evidence of a possible murder twenty years ago. But how do you solve a murder when there are no clues, no reliable witnesses and someone determined to stop you uncovering the truth?

The Price of Silence

A thrilling World War One spy story from the author of the acclaimed Jack Haldean series.

British secret agent Anthony Brooke wants to expose a gang guilty of blackmail and murder. Then the gang plots a kidnap and Anthony races to find Milly before they do. But she is in German-occupied territory, so Anthony must go behind enemy lines for the rescue and find out why the gang want her, as more than just Milly's life is in danger...

The Chessman

The wickedly entertaining new Jack Haldean mystery.

When a mutilated corpse is discovered in the sleepy English village of Croxton Ferriers, Jack Haldean finds an odd clue at the scene of the crime: a black marble chess knight with crystal eyes. Is murder just a game? It could be - to a killer who calls himself The Chessman.

After the Exhibition

A church art exhibition turns deadly...

Jack Haldean expected Lythewell and Askerns' exhibition of church art in Lyon House, London, to be a sedate affair, the last firm to be associated with mystery, violence and sudden death. Or so it seemed - until after the exhibition...

As if by Magic

A Jack Haldean mystery

Destitute and desperate, George Lassiter breaks into the kitchen of a stranger's house for food and shelter. There he witnesses the murder of a beautiful girl. But when the police search the house the next day, they find nothing. The corpse has vanished, as if by magic. Even George's friend and rescuer Jack Haldean believes it was nothing more than a nightmare. But the consequences of that nightmare will plunge Jack into a tangle of lies and obsession as he hunts a ruthless killer.

Mad About the Boy?

A Jack Haldean mystery

It's midsummer 1923 and Isabelle's parents are celebrating their silver wedding with a fabulous ball at their Sussex country house. But Isabelle has a dilemma: two men, the glamorous Malcolm and the quiet, troubled Arthur are in love with her. Her romantic difficulties are forgotten however when one of the guests apparently commits suicide. But Jack Haldean is not convinced.

A Fete Worse than Death

A Jack Haldean mystery

It's 1922 and Jack Haldean, young crime writer and former Royal Flying Corps pilot, is enjoying the local fete on a beautiful summer's day in rural Sussex. But then Jack's fellow officer, Jeremy Boscombe, is found dead in the fortune teller's tent and later the same day Boscombe's shady friend, Reggie Morton, is murdered in the village pub. Jack's search for the truth will lead him back to the Battle of the Somme and an act of terrible betrayal.

Frankie's Letter

A thrilling World War One spy story from the author of the acclaimed Jack Haldean series.

"There's a spy in England. Frankie's letter. Read Frankie's letter..." The last words said by a dying man to Anthony Brooke in Kiel in Germany during the height of World War One. But who is Frankie? With his cover blown and the German army at his heels, English secret agent Anthony Brooke's search to discover the truth leads him to an innocent-seeming country house. Here, deep within the English countryside, as Anthony uncovers a web of spies, treachery and terrorists, the war becomes close and very personal.

Trouble Brewing

A missing man leads Jack Haldean straight into danger...

Mark Helston, the rising star of Hunt Coffee Limited, was successful and popular, with plenty of money and everything to live for. Yet at half past seven on the evening of the ninth of January, 1925, he walked out of his Albemarle Street flat and disappeared.Desperate to know what happened to Mark, his uncle, old Mr Hunt, appeals to Jack Haldean. Inspector Bill Rackham of Scotland Yard thinks it's a thankless task. Perhaps, says Jack, but why should Mark Helston vanish? And then Jack finds a body.

Off the Record

A Jack Haldean series, set in the Roaring Twenties.Charles Otterbourne's New Century company should have been the perfect partner for Professor Alan Carrington's radical new gramophone. After all, Charles was not only a leading manufacturer, but also a noted philanthropist. But when murder is the result of their meeting, Jack Haldean takes up the case, in a desperate bid to save a man from the gallows. But what led to the crime? The answer is Off the Record...

A Hundred Thousand Dragons

A Jack Haldean mystery.

A hundred thousand dragons lie, underneath an Arabian sky. How do a few lines of poetry, a chance encounter in a London hotel, and a death in Sussex lead to a lost city of Arabia, and to the tombs of the Whispering Dead? Jack Haldean has evaded the truth for years, but now, enmeshed in the web of murder, theft and deception, he must find the answer and face up to the truth  a truth as deadly as any dragon...